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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Music / Coming soon Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash Music Festival
The organizers of the Johnny Cash Music Festival just announced this year's lineup and the headliner is none other than Mr. Willie Nelson.
Rosanne Cash will once again emcee the event. She'll also perform, along with Dierks Bentley and The Civil Wars. The concert will broadcast on SiriusXM. The festival is at 7 p.m., Oct. 5 at Arkansas State University's Convocation Center in Jonesboro. Tickets are from $38, $75 for premium and $150 for VIP, which includes a pre-concert meet and greet.
Last year, the Times chartered three buses full of music lovers to the festival and it was a resounding success. Let's try for four buses this year!
UPDATE: Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Get them online right here, or call 888-278-3267.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Coming soon Guess who's coming back to Verizon Arena?
Well looky here. Guess who's coming back to Verizon Arena? Hint: his initials are J.B. No? How about another hint: there's a picture of him right up there. Still no?
OK, try this one:
That's right, it's none other than Justin Bieber! The Bieb is scheduled to cause mass hysteria Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $52-$94 and they go on sale June 2 at 10 a.m. Get 'em by calling 800-745-3000 or at www.ticketmaster.com.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Film / Coming soon Movies in the Park unveils schedule
Movies in the Park, the annual slate of free outdoor movies at the Riverfest Amphitheater, has announced its summer schedule.
All movies begin at sundown. Lawnchairs, blankets, food and booze (as long as it's not consumed in glass containers) are allowed. More info here.
Here is the schedule:
• June 6: Transformers
• June 13: Steel Magnolia's
• June 20: Puss N Boots
• June 27: Moneyball
• July 11: Jaws
• July 18: Twilight Eclipse
• July 25: Caddyshack
• August 1: Annie
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Coming soon Tim Gunn, Rufus Wainwright and The Del McCoury Band to UCA
Never before have an odder group of entertainers been assembled. Coming to UCA as part of its 2012/2013 Public Appearances season:
Sep. 24: Tim Gunn (of "Project Runway" fame)
Sep. 30: Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band (a match made in "A Prairie Home Companion" heaven)
Oct. 8: The Capitol Steps (former congressional staffers, making jokes)
Oct. 18: Rufus Wainwright (son of Loudon, fan of Judy Garland, wearer of lots of scrarves)
Nov. 1: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap ("Young girl, get out of my mind...you're much too young girl")
Nov. 5: "Shrek the Musical" (meta fairy tale book-turned-cartoon-turned-stage play)
Dec. 9: A Celtic Christmas (because Arkansas can't get enough of the Celts)
Jan. 25: "A Chorus Line" (meta Broadway)
Feb. 2: Drumline Live (by the people that brought you "Drumline" the movie. Yes!)
Feb. 12: Herm Edwards (obnoxious ESPN analyst, former NFL coach)
March 7: Temptation of Muses (modern dance + classical trio)
April 2: Amy Grant (the Madonna of the contemporary Christian world)
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Music / Coming soon / Theater / Comedy The Joint opens in Argenta
The Joint, a new coffeehouse and comedy club in Argenta, has finally announced its grand opening. We've been talking about The Joint since January, and now there are actual dates — the coffee shop will be ready for business at 7 a.m. sharp on May 14. In the comedy venue, the first performance is scheduled for June 2. The debut performance will be "Little Rock & a Hard Place," an original two-act play about a man who dies in a car wreck and is banished at the Pearly Gates, sent back to Little Rock, where he died, to help the city and earn his wings. The Joint is owned and operated by Vicky and Steve Farrell, a veteran comedy team, who's work has been featured on Saturday Night Live and NPR's All Things Considered.
In addition to coffee and wifi, the cafe will serve sandwiches, craft beers and wine, and the live venue will feature a full slate of entertainment. Wednesday nights will be improv, Thursdays will be music, Fridays and Saturdays will be the comedy plays. "Little Rock & a Hard Place" runs all summer. In the fall it will be replaced by "Electile Dsyfunction," about the upcoming election.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Music / Coming soon Here are some good shows coming up next month
Here are a few shows coming up in June that should be pretty rad:
June 5: The excellent doom metal act Cough comes back to Downtown Music Hall, with Dragged into Sunlight, Ash of Cedars and Chronic Ritual.
June 8: Jimbo Mathus and The Tri-State Coalition return to White Water Tavern.
June 16: Rwake and Pallbearer at Revolution, two of the best metal bands in the country, both of whom call Central Arkansas home.
June 17: RICHARD LLOYD! (guitar wizard from Television) at Revolution.
June 23: Unknown Hinson returns to Juanita's.
June 25: Future and Pusha T (one half of the incredible Clipse) come to Juanita's.
June 27: Long-running power-pop favorites Nada Surf play Juanita's.
June 28: Wussy, the Charles Portis of bands, plays Stickyz.
What else is coming up that ya'll are excited about?
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Film / Coming soon Check out these clips from Jeff Nichols' upcoming film 'Mud'
Awesome! Here are two clips from Little Rock native Jeff Nichols' forthcoming film "Mud," which stars Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shannon, Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, of Yell County. The latter three are featured in the clips, which you can find after the jump.
It's thus far the biggest movie production in the state's history.
Check out the rad bootleg Fugazi shirt on Lofland, toward the end of the first clip. Wonder where he got it?
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Coming soon / King Biscuit Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Bobby Rush to headline King Biscuit Blues Festival
The King Biscuit Blues Festival announced its complete 2012 lineup today. The headliners are Bonnie Raitt on Saturday, Taj Mahal on Friday and Bobby Rush on Thursday.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Music / Coming soon Here's the 2012 season schedule for Opera in the Ozarks
Summer is almost here, which means many things in Arkansas, among them being that it's time for Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, just west of Eureka Springs. The 2012 season — marking 62 years — features productions of Puccini's "La Boheme," Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."
Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. for all performances. For tickets, call 479-253-8595 or order online here.
La Bohème: June 26 and 29; July 2, 8, 12, 14 and 20
A Little Night Music: June 23 and 28; July 1, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 19
The Magic Flute: June 22, 27 and 30; July 3, 6, 10, 15 and 18
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Film / Coming soon Hops and Docs in Hot Springs
This Friday, June 1, immediately following the Hot Springs Gallery Walk, Malco Theater will host a screening and beer tasting to benefit the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute. (Sorry kids, the event is only open to 21 and up!) The hour long film program starts at 7 p.m. and includes pieces of an unfinished documentary about craft beer in Arkansas, with interviews with Rose and Todd Cranson, who are starting a microbrewery in a bathhouse on Bathhouse Row. They'll also show "Beer O'Clock," a doc that takes you step-by-step through the home-brewing process, and some shorts by local filmmakers. Beer from Diamond Bear of Little Rock, Tallgrass Brewing Co. of Manhattan, Kan. and Choc Beer of Krebs, Okla. will be served, as well as some home-brewed pale ales and a cider from the Hot Springs Homebrew Club. There's a $20 suggested donation.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
LRFF / Coming soon Little Rock Film Festival kicks off with 'America's Parking Lot'
The Little Rock Film Festival announced this morning that the sixth annual cinematic feast will kick off at 7 p.m. May 29 at Argenta Community Theater, with the documentary "America's Parking Lot."
The film follows two maniacal Dallas Cowboys fans whose legendary tailgate parties are in jeopardy with the advent of Jerry World and its attendant astronomical ticket prices. Director Jonny Mars will be at the screening and afterward, there'll be an actual tailgate party with 'cue from Whole Hog Cafe.
Seating priority will favor Gold, Silver and Bronze pass holders, in that order. There will be a few tickets available to the after party for $15. Get your passes right over yonder.
Here's the trailer for "America's Parking Lot":
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Coming soon Wanna buy tickets to see Steve Martin at Robinson?
OK all you Rock Candy readin' Steve Martin fans, here's your chance to get tickets to see Martin and his bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers. They don't officially go on sale until tomorrow, but you can go right over here and get them a day early.
Just enter the password: BLUEGRASS.
After the jump, check out Martin on the Tavis Smiley Show.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Music / Coming soon Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker to Verizon
Fans of precision-crafted Nashville pop take note: the folks in Lady Antebellum will bring their chart-demolishing, country radio-dominating selves to Verizon Arena June 27.
Opening up the show will be Darius Rucker, formerly known as Hootie, and country pop newcomers Thompson Square.
Tickets just went on sale a few minutes ago next Friday, April 27, and they'll run you $27-$72 $36-$85. Get them right over here or by calling 800-745-3000.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Music / Coming soon Steve Martin to Robinson in June
Funny man and accomplished banjo picker Steve Martin is coming to Robinson Center Music Hall on June 20. Martin and his bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers are touring behind their album, "Rare Bird Alert," which they released last year to much acclaim.
So mostly music, though a review in the Hollywood Reporter of the kick-off of the tour last year calls it "probably the funniest bluegrass concert ever."
Tickets go on-sale on April 27.
See 'em on Letterman from several years back on the jump.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Coming soon / Theater Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre to stage 'The Tempest' in LR
If you've been itching for Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre to stage an outdoor production of one of the Bard's works in Little Rock, you're in luck.
The company will present an hour-long version of "The Tempest", which it has described as being tailored "specifically for families and those less familiar with Shakespeare to enjoy together."
The play will be staged at Rivermarket Pavilion at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $3-$5 and will only be sold at the door.
The company's season begins June 7, with a "Twelfth Night" at Hendrix College, and continues through July 1 with productions of that play, as well as "Richard III," "The Tempest" and "Big River," which is based on Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The shows take place at Hendrix, UCA's Reynolds Performance Hall and Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts.
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